There is a well-established association between depression and Parksinson's disease, with most people living with the disease experiencing depression at some point during the course of the illness. Such symptoms have often been attributed to the experience of living with a chronic illness. New research, however, has demonstrated that individuals with depression are more likely to go on to be diagnosed with Parksinson's disease. "People who were hospitalized for depression were more likely to develop Parkinson’s, with the likelihood increasing with the number of hospitalizations related to depression...'This somewhat reverses the relationship between Parkinson's and depression,' said Alessandro Di Rocco, the director of the Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center at New York University's Langone Medical Center. 'Is it that people who have depression—or some people who have depression—are really people who are developing the first manifestation of Parkinson's disease before the tremors or other motor physical aspects of the disease become obvious?”
To read more about the study's outcomes check out this great article recently published in The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/05/is-depression-a-symptom-of-parkinsons-disease/393800/
To read more about the study's outcomes check out this great article recently published in The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/05/is-depression-a-symptom-of-parkinsons-disease/393800/
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